Hurricanes vs. Capitals Game 1 Free Live -Stream: See NHL -Playoffs online, time, TV channel

In the Washington Capitals, Carolina Hurricanes are organized in game 1 of the second round NHL Playoffs series. Puck drop for the start of the series is Tuesday, May 6th at 7 p.m.

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You need to know the following:

What: NHL Playoffs, round 2

Who: Carolina Hurricanes against Washington Capitals

When: Tuesday, May 6th, 2025

Where: Capital One Arena, Washington DC

Time: 7 p.m. et

TV channel: ESPN

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NHL Playoff's schedule

Tuesday, May 6th

Carolina Hurricanes against Washington Capitals | 7 p.m. ET | ESPN (stream)

Edmonton Oilers against Las Vegas Knights | 9:30 p.m. ET | ESPN (stream)

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Here is a current NHL history of Associated Press:

Arlington, va. (AP) – There is a big difference between the attempt to score goals from Carolina Hurricanes and the Washington Capitals.

The Hurricanes are by far the highest firing volume in the NHL playoffs, while the capitals listed by the NHL career goalkeeper Alex Ovechkin are more selective and use their defense to generate crimes by enforcing sales. When it comes to defense, the divisional competitors who meet in the second round start with game 1 on Tuesday evening in Washington, who mimics each other.

As Carolina trainer Rod Brind'amour said: “We play exactly the same.” This makes the series a showdown with “No Secrets,” said the defender of Veteran Capitals John Carlson.

“There are no surprises,” said his coach Spencer Carbery on Monday after training. “We only know the advantages and disadvantages of many of their systems because we play the same. It will only be two teams (from) that can do it better and who can make it more consistent for a long period of time.”

The hurricanes and capitals each went to the playoffs with the lead of home ice and won their first round against New Jersey and Montreal, each in five games. The teams have been idle for almost a week.

You recently played a series in 2019 that Carolina won in seven.

“We are definitely ready,” said Sebastian Aho, who led Carolina against the devil with eight points and is now a father after his wife gave birth to the couple's first child on Friday. “We are definitely rested. We were sharp. We practiced well. It is a good fight, but we are ready for it.”

Special teams in round 1

The Hurricanes flourished in round 1 on the power play and stopped all 15 Devils Power-Play. Carolina is the only playoff team that checked 100% on the PK and at the same time achieves a abbreviation goal.

The power game was an area that has been a problem for years. Not this time. Carolina converted 6 out of 19 chances at a speed of 31.6%, which achieved fifth best in the first round after he had only clicked 14.9% in the last six playoff appearances.

The capitals that allowed the Canadia to go 5 out of 15 to the power game to take the 13th out of 16 teams in the kill with 66.7% are full. It helps to have large strikers Aliaksei -Protas out of a longer absence.

Stroms and ovechkin

Dylan Strome, a point-a game producer during the season, led Washington in the first round with nine points in the goal. The only player who has more on average? Three times NHL MVP Connor McDavid.

The contributions from Strome may fly with Ovechkin and Tom Wilson under the radar in a team, but Carbery described the Canadian channels on the series for the recognition of the great effects of the 28-year-old.

“He should get this recognition because he did aggressively,” said Carbery. “He had a great first round and deserves a lot of recognition why we are where we are.”

So also Ovechkin, who scored four goals and had some big hits among his 19 over five games, an impressive performance at the age of 39.

“He has the ability to change the game with a goal with a big game with a blocked shot,” said Wilson. “Manufacturers do this: they act in the difficult moments and jeopardize their body.”

Deep lines

Since the Hurricanes Mikko Rantannen prompted themselves at the end of the trade, they have rely on their forward depth in order to maintain the pressure with an aggressive philosophy of Forecheck and Puck-Control. The fourth center of Mark Jankowski illustrated that they against the devils.

Brind'amour has optimized its forward groups to use Jankowski-a trade deduction application, which scored eight goals in 19 games of the regular season with Carolina against Jack Roslovic, and it helped with the same strength and in the penalty. Brind'amour said Jankowski's “Direct” style was suitable for the playoffs, so it is likely that the hurricanes stay with him to start this series.

“Obviously I wanted to be in there immediately,” said Jankowski. “But we have such a good team and our depth is something that we are very proud of. It is a great strength of us.”

Get a Heathier

Carolina was supposed to have goalkeeper Frederik Andersen No. 1 back after being emitted from game 4 of the first round, which supports Pyotr Kochetkov for the rest of the series. Andersen also has a new contract extension. Center Jesperi Kotkaniemi was supposed to be back after thrown a stick on his right eye late in the 5th game and pulled the penalty that paved the way for AHO's winning goal.

Washington was afraid when goalkeeper Logan Thompson game 3 left an injury in Montreal, but he returned a few nights later and was excellent to stop 132 out of 143 shots in the series.

“He was great all series, even when I overloaded him,” said Strome. “He got back pretty well, so I'm very grateful for that.”

The capitals got back at the end of the first round of Protas after missing a skate cut on his left foot for three weeks.

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